Why do Putin and the Republican Party sound so much alike? Simple: Their culture wars have similar agendas.
Both are trying to distract attention from the economic looting by their respective oligarchies. Vladimir Putin has been blasting so-called “cancel culture.”
This was his third “cancel culture” rant in recent months. It’s the same imaginary crisis that Trump and the GOP have been ranting about for several years.
Tucker Carlson, one of Fox News’s most infamous personalities, accuses liberals of trying to cancel all sorts of things.
Last fall, Putin argued that teaching children about different gender identities was, quote, “on the verge of a crime against humanity.” Putin’s fixation on LGBTQ people is also echoed on the American right.
Republican state legislators are attacking trans people and restricting discussion of gender and sexual orientation in schools. And in Texas …”state attorney general Ken Paxton likened kids getting gender-affirming medical care to child abuse.”
While Putin’s method has been to fuel Russian ethnic pride and nationalism, America’s right wing has been fueling White Nationalism.